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Propeller Richit at 4:31pm 02.08.15 Catalina 310 19/4358 Hi all, Does anyone have the stats on the standard 3 blade propeller used on the production 310 u
standing rigging for 8.5 bikelessman at 3:49pm 02.08.15 S2 6/2057 I was looking over the wire standing rigging on my recently purchased 8.5. I believe the rigging is
Bilge Pump (1) KZW at 2:43pm 02.08.15 Catalina 310 8/2632 The Sahara S500 bilge pump in my boat died last week. I cleaned it a month ago as the float had been
Racor rsotomayor at 1:21pm 02.08.15 Engines and Propulsion 9/2291 Hello. What would be the right size Racor for a Yanmar 3G . My used B 321 has a 60GPH Racor . I bel
Lifelines Rick D at 12:12pm 02.08.15 Ask All Sailors 13/2298 Well, it looks like US Sailing will adopt the ISAF ban on high-tech rope lifelines next year. Sorry
Bulkhead Mounted Compass (1) mmhamer at 11:54am 02.08.15 Smaller Boats 8/1302
A/C water line stopcock... Doug/Karen at 11:09am 02.08.15 Big Boats 14/2657 After years of having to reprime the A/C water pump every spring, I have finally decided to install
hot water tank overflowing gettinthere at 10:46am 02.08.15 Ask All Sailors 8/1540 I've had the boat for 6 years and never had this problem until now. We're on a mooring and go to th
How do you know when to replace winch? Monheganlover at 10:09am 02.08.15 Catalina 22 11/2568 I have a '77 C-22 swing keel that I am slowly restoring as I can afford to. I am going to be replac
Securing Batteries in H26 Dfisher at 7:08am 02.08.15 Smaller Boats 7/1182 Does anyone have a picture or description for how their batteries are held down in their H26?. I s
Miami Show CYQK at 6:04am 02.08.15 Ask All Sailors 3/896 Anyone goin this year?? If so a meet up at the crusiers party sat night would be in order!!!!! C
Biggest Waves, Highest Wind Kestle at 5:59am 02.08.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 25/3183 OK, this is not a bragging thread...it is a question of either big waves or high wind, and what you
Prices in Florida Vronsky at 1:18am 02.08.15 Catalina 30 19/3925 Dear All, I'm from Europe. Am thinking of buying a 30 in Florida, and take it to the Caribbean for
Pump for alcohol stove? (1) rkuris at 12:00am 02.08.15 Catalina 30 4/4562 I'm now the proud owner of a 1982 Catalina 30. She still has the original alcohol stove. There is a
Marlow Hunter 37 Juice6576 at 10:54pm 02.07.15 Big Boats 9/2005 How many MH 37 owners out there? We need to get our boat added to the Hunter boat models list.
Insurance Help 1981ZigZag at 5:31pm 02.07.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 16/2102 Who know a good place to get a 40 ft hunter legend insured
First sail of 2015 (1) CCrane2299 at 4:31pm 02.07.15 Catalina 22 3/740 Just 22 seconds, but it looks fast! Sails aren't set properly, I was underway by the time I noticed
Projects and solutions for your Siruis21/22 (2) srust58 at 4:19pm 02.07.15 Sirius 21/22 4/3183 How about a thread where we can post ideas, projects and solutions for our boats. This is one
Garboard plug installation pamacm at 3:44pm 02.07.15 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1654 where do you put a garboard plug in an oday 25
Draft question Yellowjeepman at 2:50pm 02.07.15 Ask All Sailors 57/8372 Just a newbee question. I have an O'Day 34 listed as having a 4'3" draft. I assume this is dry weigh

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Water in the bilge isaksp00 at 6:30pm 10.05.23 I'd check if the hose that drains the anchor locker to the through hull has pulled off a fitting or
Dometic Air Conditioner Not Staying On - then clicking ggrizzard at 5:45pm 10.05.23 I think the breaker that is tripping is internal to the A/C unit and not something that most of us
Water in the bilge ggrizzard at 5:40pm 10.05.23 Three bilge compartments, no waiting? Hmmm. If you add water to one of them, see if the water migr
Dometic Air Conditioner Not Staying On - then clicking Ralph Johnstone at 5:36pm 10.05.23 Even without cooling water it will work and cool for a few minutes before it gets too hot, then an
Rudder Post & Bearings for Hunter 45cc John Benson at 5:31pm 10.05.23 New rudder is currently being fabricated. The plastic/nylon bearings inside the tube have been damag
Racing Rule Question on capsizing jssailem at 4:52pm 10.05.23 I have forgotten how many times I laid a Lido 14, Laser or the FD over while racing in my youth. If
Racing Rule Question on capsizing jssailem at 4:45pm 10.05.23 Thanks @Davidasailor26 . It is always good to see the rules applied in a way that recognizes good se
Second Triton2 dlochner at 4:27pm 10.05.23 Yes, we have 2 Triton 2 displays. Very easy, add a drop T to the network, connect the drop line to t
Starter switch sporadically engages starter mermike at 4:19pm 10.05.23 I can assure those who are still wondering about this problem that the solution is to replace the wi
Water in the bilge Don S/V ILLusion at 4:13pm 10.05.23 . I inspected the access under the v-berth and it was dry. The water did not come in from above t
Second Triton2 Mechone at 3:46pm 10.05.23 I installed a veratron go data , nmea 2000, low level bluetooth cheap 120 bucks . download the app f
Water in the bilge Crazy Dave Condon at 3:26pm 10.05.23 I sent the poster a private message but will keep you posted what occurs. It is his choice if he wa
My solution for winch override. Yours? stickinthemud57 at 3:17pm 10.05.23 :huh: Yeah, I suppose that is open to a number of interpretations. It's just that I have been surp
Second Triton2 Apex at 3:17pm 10.05.23 I have 2 tritobs above the companionway, one with wind info, the 2nd boat and water data. Eazy peaz
What to Protector to use after a thorough dinghy cleaning Rich Stidger at 3:07pm 10.05.23 I don't use Magic Eraser. I tried it and was not satisfied with the effort and results. I use LA Awe
Rudder Post & Bearings for Hunter 45cc Tally Ho at 3:00pm 10.05.23 Having run aground, the rudder post for my 2010 Hunter 45cc has been damaged beyond repair. Any sug
What to Protector to use after a thorough dinghy cleaning sailcapt340 at 2:54pm 10.05.23 . Thats not what I wanted to hear at all! But in my defense, it was chalking a bit now and it had
What to Protector to use after a thorough dinghy cleaning Captain Larry-DH at 2:44pm 10.05.23 Unfortunately, you abraded off the surface layer of the fabric with Magic Erasor and chemically atta
Dometic Air Conditioner Not Staying On - then clicking capta at 2:10pm 10.05.23 Sounds to me you have lost cooling water flow. Even without cooling water it will work and cool for
Starter switch sporadically engages starter dlochner at 2:00pm 10.05.23 Measure voltage on 12v input cable to the starter cable while starter button is pressed. It should

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